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1 online resource |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: SAGEBRUSH TO STARDOM; 1. FORMATIVE YEARS; 2. FROM PAROWAN TO PROVO; 3. MAKING THE AMERICAN TEAM; 4. GOING FOR GOLD; PART II: COMING OF AGE; 5. THE HERO RETURNS; 6. THE BIG CORNELLIAN; 7. MILITARY INTERLUDE; PART III: CHASING DREAMS; 8. TO THE TRACK; 9. ON THE HOME FRONT; PART IV: TAKING STOCK; 10. ALMA REMEMBERING; 11. REMEMBERING ALMA; 12. GOD, GOLD, AND GLORY?; 13. CROSSING THE BAR; 14. ALMA RICHARDS REDIVIVUS; APPENDIX A: MARTHA WARD, "TRIBUTE TO ALMA RICHARDS"; APPENDIX B: ALMA RICHARDS TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS*; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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"Alma Richards, an unsung high school student, set an Olympic record for the high jump in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He was the only native Utahn and the only member of the LDS church to win an Olympic gold medal in the twentieth century. After a stellar collegiate track career that saw him lead Cornell to three national championships, Richards for two decades reigned as America's most accomplished multiple-event track and field athlete, winning national titles in five different events. Despite his prominence in the history of American sports, this is the first treatment of his athletic career and personal life. More than a century has passed since Alma Richards won an Olympic gold medal, yet this story about man and sport--the drive to excel, victory as validation of hard work, the quest for public recognition and, ultimately, the achievement of self-identity and self-satisfaction--still resonates today."--Page 2 of cover |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Richards, Alma, 1890-1963.
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Richards, Alma, 1890-1963 fast |
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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Biography
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Track and field athletes -- Utah -- Biography
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Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Mormons
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Track and field athletes
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United States
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Utah
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781607814924 |
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1607814927 |
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